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Amid confusion over the involvement of the goods train present at the accident site in Odisha's Balasore on Friday evening, the Railways on Saturday said that Coromandel Express that was going towards Chennai first derailed and collided with the stationery goods trains while some of its...

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The death toll in the tragic train derailment in Odisha's Balasore district has increased to 261, with around 900 people injured, the South Eastern Railway said on Saturday. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday morning visited the accident site and announced a detailed...

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(This was written ten years ago – but is still relevant at present).   I admire Kiran Karnik for his insightful views on people and affairs. He was the head of NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies), for some years. In a recent article, he suggested that...

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One of the women grapplers, who have levelled sexual harassment allegations against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, has accused him of touching her inappropriately.   In the FIR filed by the Delhi Police, the wrestlers have given the details of the...

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Irate villagers of Karjat-Hastpokhari in Maharashtra's Jalna district recently 'lifted up' a newly-laid road under the Prime Minister Rural Road Scheme, ostensibly to highlight the poor quality of construction of the village thoroughfare.   An undated video of the villagers accusing...

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has condemned the alleged manhandling by Delhi Police of protesting wrestlers over the weekend by calling it "disturbing" and urged the authorities to ensure the "well-being of the athletes" throughout the investigation against Wrestling Federation of...

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Chhattisgarh Police lodged an FIR against three officers for allegedly draining 41 lakh litres of water from a reservoir to retrieve a mobile phone in Kanker district last week.   The FIR was lodged against food inspector Rajesh Vishwas, Sub-Divisional Officer of Pakhanjore R.L....

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Out of 1,001 analysed candidates in the recent Karnataka polls, 345 (34%) candidates belonging to eight parties, including the BJP, the Congress, the AAP, and the JD-S, have declared criminal cases against themselves, a Karnataka Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 May 2023
The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail on medical grounds to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain. The former cabinet minister in Delhi government has been under custody since May 2022 as an undertrial in a money laundering case.    According to a report from LiveLaw,...

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Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami has tendered his unconditional apology before the Delhi High Court in a contempt case filed by late environmentalist and former The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) chief R.K. Pachauri.   Pachauri had filed a contempt of court petition in...

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The enforcement directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that they recently carried out search and seizure operations at 25 premises in a FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) violation case lodged against foreign-registered online gaming companies and websites operating in India.   The...

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The Supreme Court has said that state governments should not indulge in wholesale reservation, as it frustrates the very purpose of reservation and it has been held to be unconstitutional and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.   A bench comprising justices Dinesh Maheshwari,...

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SN Sahu (The Leaflet) 24 May 2023
The President of India occupies the number one position in the warrant of precedence, and the Prime Minister is third, after the Vice President of India. But no one cares about constitutional niceties and protocol in the new India conjured up after 2014 and invoked to justify all actions of...

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The Congress on Wednesday said that 19 like-minded parties have decided to boycott the inauguration of new Parliament house by prime minister Narendra Modi on 28th May.   A joint statement said: "When the soul of democracy has been sucked out from the Parliament, we find no value in a...

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The university grants commission (UGC) has taken a decision to check violations in the appointment of teachers and award of PhD degrees in higher educational institutions (HEIs).   Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman UGC told IANS on Wednesday about the Commission's decision taken at its 568th...

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Well-known industrialist and owner of Thiagaraja mills, Karumattu T. Kannan passed away at his residence in Madurai on Tuesday. He was 70.   He was associated with several industrial bodies of South India, including the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Southern Indian...

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As the process for exchange of Rs 2,000 currency notes began on Tuesday, long queues were observed at various bank branches in Delhi as customers eagerly exchanged the currency notes for smaller denominations.   However, at some places, people alleged that the banks were asking them...

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The Centre government on Friday, amid the ongoing row between the AAP government and the Lt Governor, has brought an ordinance to set up a National Capital Civil Service Authority whose chairperson will Delhi Chief Minister, along with Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary, Home, to make...

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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)'s 'Operation Samudragupt', in which the agency seized drugs worth Rs 12,000 crore, has exposed a major terror conspiracy which was hatched by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Dawood Ibrahim's close...

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British billionaire and Hinduja Group Chairman Srichand Parmanand Hinduja passed away in London on Wednesday, a family spokesperson said.   SP Hinduja (87) was the eldest of the four brothers.   A statement issued by the family spokesperson read: "Gopichand, Prakash, Ashok and...

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